The experience begins here. A five-mile trek through the North Georgia Blue Ridge.

Getting There

Everyone who visits the Hike Inn starts at the same point: a five-mile hike from the top of Amicalola Falls to the front porch of the Hike Inn. It’s among the most popular mountain trails in Georgia, and one of the most beautiful and diverse.

The easy-to-moderate trail takes between two and four hours to complete, crossing small streams, traversing mild ridges and ambling past the hickory, pine and oak trees of North Georgia.

Trail begins at the Hike Inn parking area at the top of Amicalola Falls

Lime green rectangular blazes mark the trail

The trail briefly joins with the blue-blazed Approach Trail to Springer Mountain, the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail

Backpacker magazine included our trail as one of 36 “Best American Hikes”